Victor Ciobanu

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Victor Ciobanu
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Victor Ciobanu at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 29)
Florești, Moldova
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Moldova
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest 60 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Vantaa 59 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 60 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Walbrzych 59 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 55 kg
European Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb 55 kg

Victor Ciobanu (born 7 October 1992) is a Moldovan Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] He is the first wrestler representing Moldova to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships.[1]

In 2018, he won the silver medal in the same event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3] He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania. In 2021, he represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]

Career[]

Ciobanu won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2012 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2013, he lost his bronze medal match in the 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia. In that same year, he also represented Moldova at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia and he won the silver medal in the 55 kg event.[6] He was also eliminated in his second match in the 55 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

Ciobanu won the silver medal in the 59 kg event at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships held in Vantaa, Finland. He also competed at World Wrestling Championships in 2015 and 2017 but he did not win a medal on these occasions. In 2015, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Walbrzych, Poland. A few months later, he lost his bronze medal match in the 59 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] In 2016, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He won his first match but then lost his next match against Stig-André Berge of Norway. Berge went on to win one of the bronze medals in the 59 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, Ciobanu won the silver medal in the 60 kg event.[3]

At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the gold medal in the 60 kg event.[10][11] In 2019, he also represented Moldova at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus and he won one of the bronze medals in the 60 kg event.[12][13]

In 2020, he competed in the 63 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy where he was eliminated in his first match by Erik Torba of Hungary.[14] Torba went on to win one of the bronze medals.[14] In the same year, he competed in the men's 60 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15]

In January 2021, he won the gold medal in the 63 kg event at the 2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.[16] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[17] He did not qualify at this tournament but, in May 2021, he was able to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[5][18] He lost his bronze medal match in the 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[19][20] He won his first two matches, against Kerem Kamal of Turkey and Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kyrgyzstan, without conceding a single point. He then lost 0 – 11 against Luis Orta of Cuba and in his bronze medal match he lost against Sergey Emelin of the ROC.[20]

Two months after the Olympics, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[2] In the final, he defeated Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kyrgyzstan.[2]

Major results[]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2014 European Championships Vantaa, Finland 2nd Greco-Roman 59 kg
2018 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Greco-Roman 60 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Greco-Roman 60 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Greco-Roman 60 kg
2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway 1st Greco-Roman 60 kg

References[]

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  7. ^ "2013 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). fila-official.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  8. ^ Etchells, Daniel (13 June 2015). "Russia bag gold medal hat-trick on opening day of Baku 2015 Greco-Roman wrestling action". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 October 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  14. ^ a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  15. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  16. ^ "2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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  18. ^ Iveson, Ali (9 May 2021). "World Olympic wrestling qualifier ends with six final walkovers". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 October 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  20. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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